This is our class Cybrary or Cyber Library for the summer Bennington Tech4Educators Classes. Begin by taking a look at the Cybrary for the 2010 classes. See how they used headings to organize the sources? Feel free to re-structure, organize, create headings, re-do headings, and otherwise make this resource work for everyone in our Tech4Educators course.
Web Design: http://www.weebly.com this is a good free web-builder (Lisa) 7-9-12 http://www.jigsy.com this is another good free web-builder (Crystal) 7-9-12 www.jimdo.com this is yet another free web-builder (Skyler) 7-9-12 Shelfari Add a shelf of books to your website or blog. Easy and free! (Barb) 7/11/12 Only2clicks This site creates your link page for you! (Barb 7/12/12) http://www.wix.com/ this web builder has lots of bells and whisltes - so much so you might not get to content. (Colette) 7-12- 12
Social Media: http://www.diigo.com this is a great site for social bookmarking... have used it with my students and had success ( Dawn) 7-9-12 http://www.delicious.com/lisabrux/Multimedia I love delicious for bookmarking, this link is to Lisa's multimedia bookmarks & from there you can see my other public bookmarks (I can make any of them private if I choose). (Lisa) 7-9-12 http://www.pinterest.com/ another fun social bookmarking site (Julie) 7-10-12 http://www.zotero.org/ This is a great free site that organizes information according to content. It builds a playlist type record that can be turned into a bibliography. You can add video, audio, PDF and other files to it as well. (Becky) 7-10-12 http://www.edmodo.com/ This is a teacher/student blog type site. Set up similar to facebook. Students can chat with you, submit work to you through it, check grades, etc.. (Ashley) 7-10-12 Wallwisher - Build a wall - easy way for students to post and share opinions and thoughts about a topic. See examples on kditzler's teacher resource page - also with a list of more great tech tools (Stephanie) 7-11-12 Edmodo Social Learning Network, students like it because it feels like Facebook.(Barb 7-13-12)
Research and Citation: Kathy Schrock's Guide for EducatorslCredibility, evaluation of photos, assessment of students' research skills, eval of specialized sites (i.e. science) through lesson plans, rubrics, tutorials, demos. Great site, many topics and resources.(Berta) 7/9 Easybib simple, free citation machine (Jennifer) 7-9-12 http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/ Great source for MLA/APA citations, grammar practice, etc.. (Ashley) 7-10-11
Educational Resource Pages: http://www.cybraryman.com/0_teachers1.htm - This site is a compilation of educational sites. You can search for resources by job title, grade level, classroom organization, or subject area. I have not checked out all of the resources but it looks good! (Colette) 7-11-12 Teachers pay teachers This is a site where teachers sell their lessons, activities, units, etc..and also a place to buy if in need. Maybe consider selling your webquest. (Ashley) 7-11-12 www.shodor.org this is a great interactive site for math and science (Christie) 7/11/12
Photo Editing: http://fotoflexer.com/ This is probably the most fun I had editing photos! On this site you can add fun stuff--like glitter stickers, glitter text, or make a "Fun Card" by putting a face in a greeting card. There are also many other, shall I say, productive tools as well. (Wendy) 7-9-12 http://www.befunky.com/ easy, lots of choices, fun photo editing (Christie) 7-9-12 http://www.gimp.org/ I have played around with this editing program in the past. It is much more advanced but provides more technical tools and can still be accessed for free.(Dawn) 7-10-12 http://advanced.aviary.com/tools/image-editor This is a slightly more Advanced web-based photo editor that is consistently being tweaked and developed, for free of course. Company also has web-based Audio and video editing applications. (Skyler) 7-10-12 http://www.picmonkey.com/ Fun, free and easy to use photo editing site (Julie) 7-9-12
Examples of Web Quests:
K Level: http://www.rblewis.net/technology/EDU506/WebQuests/teddybears/teddybears.html - This is an example of a web quest done at a K level. This is encouraging for me! I am still trying to balance non-readers with the webquest experience. This is example is a high interest K topic. (Colette) 7-9-12 http://webquest.sdsu.edu/taskonomy.html - This wonderful resource created by Bernie Dodge, Professor of Education Technology at San Diego State University coins the term "Taskonomy". It assists the educator in creating and identifying the essential skills and tasks students will be doing in the Webquest. The "Taskonomy", breaks the webquest down into smaller curriculum friendly pieces and helps the builder identify the learning goals and curriculum focus that will be addressed by the Webquest. Here are some of the tasks Bernie mentions and there are also examples of how these tasks were incorporated into existing webquests: Retelling, Compilation, Mystery, Journalistic, Design, Creative product, Consensus building, Persuasion, Self-Knowledge, Tasks, Analytical, Judgment, Scientific. (Becky) 7-10-12 http://eduscapes.com/sessions/travel/k3webquests.htm- This site has many well done webquests for primary (K-3) grades! (Colette) 7-10-12 www.teach-nology.com great web quests for all grade levels and subjects (Christie) 7/10/12 Zunal Webquest Maker: This was mentioned in class in Moodle as an easy and clean design to make a Webquest and is also a good portal for searching other Webquests (Stephanie) 7-11-12
Copyright: Purple Planet Music - Royalty free music students can use in their projects (Stephanie) 7-9-12 Wikimedia Commons Copyright Infographic- Decision tree to determine if you have rights to upload an image to Wikimedia Commons
(Stephanie) 7-9-12 Copyright Kids great, simple website for using with students with FAQ's, quiz to test knowledge, sample request letters plus more (Jennifer) 7-10-12 Celebrate CreativityGreat website full of information on copyright issues. (Barb) 7-10-12
Avatars Voki make your own talking avatar (Jennifer) 7-11-12 Blabberize take an image & make it talk (Jennifer) 7-12-12
Cartoons: ToonDo This is a site for making little comic strips (Diane) 7-12-12 http://makebeliefscomix.com/ this is a free site to make cartoon strips, lots of fun (christie) 7/12/12
Video: Animoto This is a great site for creating videos from images. I used it this year with students to create book trailers. (Barb) 7-9-12 http://tripwow.tripadvisor.com/ - especially trip oriented, music, video - you can add voice over in Audacity
Screencasting Screencast-O-Matic free, simple, online screen capture program (Jennifer 7-12-12) Jing free download, easy to use, awesome way to share with students how to do something ( Dawn) 7-12-12
Educational and Educational Technology Blogs: Hack Education -This is the blog of Audrey Watters, a witty and knowledgeable journalist. She blogs about a variety of edtech topics. One of her passions is to try to get kids to learn to program because of the intellectual processes involved including strategy, problem-solving, and in many cases cooperative learning and doing.. (Diane) 7-9-12 ( Monday's Homework) Practical Theory- This is the blog of Chris Lehmann, the principal of the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia. He is a leader in the edtech world and is an advocate for project-based and inquiry-based learning. He has given TED talks and proudly showcases the students of his school. (Diane) 7-10-12 (Tuesday's homework) Stager-toGo This is the blog of Gary Stager who has worked with Seymour Papert and provides a constructivist/constructionist viewpoint on education and technology.(Diane) 7-10-12 Science Teacher My favorite blogger- Michael Doyle discusses life from the lens of a former pediatrician and current high school science teacher- sometimes poignantly.(Diane) 7-10-12 The Innovative Educator Sharing ideas about the future of education. (Crystal) 7-11-12 It's Not All Flowers and SausagesOne of my favorite education blogs, because we all need a little humor from time to time. (Crystal) 7-11-12
Clipart and Animation: http://www.animationplayhouse.com/ This site has free animated clipart, as long as you provide a link back to the site. (Crystal) 7-10-12 http://www.xtranormal.com Animated storytelling site, fun! (Julie) 7-11-12 Sparklee - Make any text glitter and safe as a .gif file (Stephanie) 7-11-12 wordel a great place to make a word cloud be prepared to either print or take a screen shot to get a bigger sized file (Dawn) 7-11-12
Animation and programming Alice for Storytelling This is free open-source software for creating animations by programming characters. (Diane) 7-11-12 www.muvizu.com This is free 3-D animation software. (Skyler) 7-13-12
QR Codes: http://www.qurify.com/en/ This site allows you to create your own QR code for free! (Crystal) 7-10-12
Wallpaper and Other Cool Images: http://www.digitalblasphemy.com/ This site offers FREE wallpaper and other digital images constructed by Ryan Bliss. He offers much of his work for free, but a donation / membership will give you access to even more impressive images. (Wendy) 7-10-12 Crossword Puzzles Times puzzle master Will Shortz has edited these crossword puzzles, which are grouped by topics such as American History, Fine Arts, Language Arts, Science, Technology. Each puzzle page has links to learning more about the topic. Explore the Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals extensive image database in combination with the Rocks and Minerals crossword.(Berta) 7-10-12 Only 2Clicks LibGuide from Joyce Valenza Portal of Copyright Friendly Image websites (free and in the commons). Plus other LibGuides for tech tools (Stephanie) 7-10-12 http://www.clker.com/ - This is a royalty free clipart site (Colette) 7-13-12
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Professional Literature: ERIC Tutorials
Brief, animated tutorials for how to search ERIC, use My ERIC, and get answers to our most frequently asked questions. This is a good source of professional, full-text articles. (Berta) 7-11-12
Class Blogs: Create a Class BlogGreat site with information about creating class blogs.(Barb) 7/11/12 Challenge Yourself to a Blog This could a great tool to use with MS or HS students.It is made up of a series of 10 weekly tasks all designed to improve blogging and commenting skills while connecting students with a global audience.(Barb) 7/11/12 http://kidblog.org/home.php Great Classroom-wide blog site. Protected from outside communication so it is safe and FREE! (Skyler ) 7/11/12
Technology News: http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_tech.rss This is an RSS feed about news in technology. It's pretty cool and updates all day long so that you have the latest in technology news. (Wendy) 7-11-12
Other Cybraries: http://www.edzone.net/~mwestern/stuff.html Another teachers technology cybrary of things to try. (Crystal) 7-11-12 Cybraryman - List of Educational Resources technology pages (Stephanie) 7-12-12
Technology Tools: whiteboard using wii remote This is a you tube video that shows how to use a white board and making it interative by using a wii remote and pen so students can interact on the whiteboard. It's low cost and simple. Way cheaper than buying a smartboard. (Ashley) 7-11-12 Fablevisionlearning is a site with resources for creative projects with kids. There isn't much there for free, but the people at FableVision have put together webinars and other literature about creativity and learning. (Diane) 7-11-12
Differentiated Instruction: Dare to Differentiate Wiki This wiki offers all types of resources including technology tools and strategies for differentiating instruction. (Stephanie) 7-11-12
Classroom Posters - Posters and other stuff This is a great way to creative awesome posters, magazine covers, etc., with your photos -(Becky)7/12/12
I'm going to check out how to obtain this poster that's on the wall in our Bennington classroom - have any of you noticed the gray what if.....we had all the required elements for next-generation education? It looks like the periodic table. I've just been fascinated by it this week. A few elements listed are community buy-in, forward-thinking infrastructure, diverse talents and perseverance. (Berta) 7/12/12
Library Info: Montpelier High SchoolSusan Monmaney's Library page, she had a library Pinterest Page! (Barb 7/12/12)
Screencasting Sites:
Jing.com - download a little app & make an up to 5 min. screen video with sound (Lisa) 7-13-12
http://www.nchsoftware.com/capture/index.html - Free screen video software w/ text captions option (Lisa) 7-13-12
http://freez-screen-video-capture.en.softonic.com/ Freez scren video capture that is FREE to download.
Web Design:
http://www.weebly.com this is a good free web-builder (Lisa) 7-9-12
http://www.jigsy.com this is another good free web-builder (Crystal) 7-9-12
www.jimdo.com this is yet another free web-builder (Skyler) 7-9-12
Shelfari Add a shelf of books to your website or blog. Easy and free! (Barb) 7/11/12
Only2clicks This site creates your link page for you! (Barb 7/12/12)
http://www.wix.com/ this web builder has lots of bells and whisltes - so much so you might not get to content. (Colette) 7-12- 12
Social Media:
http://www.diigo.com this is a great site for social bookmarking... have used it with my students and had success ( Dawn) 7-9-12
http://www.delicious.com/lisabrux/Multimedia I love delicious for bookmarking, this link is to Lisa's multimedia bookmarks & from there you can see my other public bookmarks (I can make any of them private if I choose). (Lisa) 7-9-12
http://www.pinterest.com/ another fun social bookmarking site (Julie) 7-10-12
http://www.zotero.org/ This is a great free site that organizes information according to content. It builds a playlist type record that can be turned into a bibliography. You can add video, audio, PDF and other files to it as well. (Becky) 7-10-12
http://www.edmodo.com/ This is a teacher/student blog type site. Set up similar to facebook. Students can chat with you, submit work to you through it, check grades, etc.. (Ashley) 7-10-12
Wallwisher - Build a wall - easy way for students to post and share opinions and thoughts about a topic. See examples on kditzler's teacher resource page - also with a list of more great tech tools (Stephanie) 7-11-12
Edmodo Social Learning Network, students like it because it feels like Facebook.(Barb 7-13-12)
Research and Citation:
Kathy Schrock's Guide for EducatorslCredibility, evaluation of photos, assessment of students' research skills, eval of specialized sites (i.e. science) through lesson plans, rubrics, tutorials, demos. Great site, many topics and resources.(Berta) 7/9
Easybib simple, free citation machine (Jennifer) 7-9-12
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/ Great source for MLA/APA citations, grammar practice, etc.. (Ashley) 7-10-11
Educational Resource Pages:
http://www.cybraryman.com/0_teachers1.htm - This site is a compilation of educational sites. You can search for resources by job title, grade level, classroom organization, or subject area. I have not checked out all of the resources but it looks good! (Colette) 7-11-12
Teachers pay teachers This is a site where teachers sell their lessons, activities, units, etc..and also a place to buy if in need. Maybe consider selling your webquest. (Ashley) 7-11-12
www.shodor.org this is a great interactive site for math and science (Christie) 7/11/12
Photo Editing:
http://fotoflexer.com/ This is probably the most fun I had editing photos! On this site you can add fun stuff--like glitter stickers, glitter text, or make a "Fun Card" by putting a face in a greeting card. There are also many other, shall I say, productive tools as well. (Wendy) 7-9-12
http://www.befunky.com/ easy, lots of choices, fun photo editing (Christie) 7-9-12
http://www.gimp.org/ I have played around with this editing program in the past. It is much more advanced but provides more technical tools and can still be accessed for free.(Dawn) 7-10-12
http://advanced.aviary.com/tools/image-editor This is a slightly more Advanced web-based photo editor that is consistently being tweaked and developed, for free of course. Company also has web-based Audio and video editing applications. (Skyler) 7-10-12
http://www.picmonkey.com/ Fun, free and easy to use photo editing site (Julie) 7-9-12
Examples of Web Quests:
K Level: http://www.rblewis.net/technology/EDU506/WebQuests/teddybears/teddybears.html - This is an example of a web quest done at a K level. This is encouraging for me! I am still trying to balance non-readers with the webquest experience. This is example is a high interest K topic. (Colette) 7-9-12
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/taskonomy.html - This wonderful resource created by Bernie Dodge, Professor of Education Technology at San Diego State University coins the term "Taskonomy". It assists the educator in creating and identifying the essential skills and tasks students will be doing in the Webquest. The "Taskonomy", breaks the webquest down into smaller curriculum friendly pieces and helps the builder identify the learning goals and curriculum focus that will be addressed by the Webquest. Here are some of the tasks Bernie mentions and there are also examples of how these tasks were incorporated into existing webquests: Retelling, Compilation, Mystery, Journalistic, Design, Creative product, Consensus building, Persuasion, Self-Knowledge, Tasks, Analytical, Judgment, Scientific. (Becky) 7-10-12
http://eduscapes.com/sessions/travel/k3webquests.htm- This site has many well done webquests for primary (K-3) grades! (Colette) 7-10-12
www.teach-nology.com great web quests for all grade levels and subjects (Christie) 7/10/12
Zunal Webquest Maker: This was mentioned in class in Moodle as an easy and clean design to make a Webquest and is also a good portal for searching other Webquests (Stephanie) 7-11-12
Copyright:
Purple Planet Music - Royalty free music students can use in their projects (Stephanie) 7-9-12
Wikimedia Commons Copyright Infographic- Decision tree to determine if you have rights to upload an image to Wikimedia Commons
(Stephanie) 7-9-12
Copyright Kids great, simple website for using with students with FAQ's, quiz to test knowledge, sample request letters plus more (Jennifer) 7-10-12
Celebrate CreativityGreat website full of information on copyright issues. (Barb) 7-10-12
Avatars
Voki make your own talking avatar (Jennifer) 7-11-12
Blabberize take an image & make it talk (Jennifer) 7-12-12
Cartoons:
ToonDo This is a site for making little comic strips (Diane) 7-12-12
http://makebeliefscomix.com/ this is a free site to make cartoon strips, lots of fun (christie) 7/12/12
Video:
Animoto This is a great site for creating videos from images. I used it this year with students to create book trailers. (Barb) 7-9-12
http://tripwow.tripadvisor.com/ - especially trip oriented, music, video - you can add voice over in Audacity
Screencasting
Screencast-O-Matic free, simple, online screen capture program (Jennifer 7-12-12)
Jing free download, easy to use, awesome way to share with students how to do something ( Dawn) 7-12-12
Educational and Educational Technology Blogs:
Hack Education -This is the blog of Audrey Watters, a witty and knowledgeable journalist. She blogs about a variety of edtech topics. One of her passions is to try to get kids to learn to program because of the intellectual processes involved including strategy, problem-solving, and in many cases cooperative learning and doing.. (Diane) 7-9-12 ( Monday's Homework)
Practical Theory- This is the blog of Chris Lehmann, the principal of the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia. He is a leader in the edtech world and is an advocate for project-based and inquiry-based learning. He has given TED talks and proudly showcases the students of his school. (Diane) 7-10-12 (Tuesday's homework)
Stager-toGo This is the blog of Gary Stager who has worked with Seymour Papert and provides a constructivist/constructionist viewpoint on education and technology.(Diane) 7-10-12
Science Teacher My favorite blogger- Michael Doyle discusses life from the lens of a former pediatrician and current high school science teacher- sometimes poignantly.(Diane) 7-10-12
The Innovative Educator Sharing ideas about the future of education. (Crystal) 7-11-12
It's Not All Flowers and SausagesOne of my favorite education blogs, because we all need a little humor from time to time. (Crystal) 7-11-12
Clipart and Animation:
http://www.animationplayhouse.com/ This site has free animated clipart, as long as you provide a link back to the site. (Crystal) 7-10-12
http://www.xtranormal.com Animated storytelling site, fun! (Julie) 7-11-12
Sparklee - Make any text glitter and safe as a .gif file (Stephanie) 7-11-12
wordel a great place to make a word cloud be prepared to either print or take a screen shot to get a bigger sized file (Dawn) 7-11-12
Animation and programming
Alice for Storytelling This is free open-source software for creating animations by programming characters. (Diane) 7-11-12
www.muvizu.com This is free 3-D animation software. (Skyler) 7-13-12
QR Codes:
http://www.qurify.com/en/ This site allows you to create your own QR code for free! (Crystal) 7-10-12
Wallpaper and Other Cool Images:
http://www.digitalblasphemy.com/ This site offers FREE wallpaper and other digital images constructed by Ryan Bliss. He offers much of his work for free, but a donation / membership will give you access to even more impressive images. (Wendy) 7-10-12
Crossword Puzzles Times puzzle master Will Shortz has edited these crossword puzzles, which are grouped by topics such as American History, Fine Arts, Language Arts, Science, Technology. Each puzzle page has links to learning more about the topic. Explore the Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals extensive image database in combination with the Rocks and Minerals crossword.(Berta) 7-10-12
Only 2Clicks LibGuide from Joyce Valenza Portal of Copyright Friendly Image websites (free and in the commons). Plus other LibGuides for tech tools (Stephanie) 7-10-12
http://www.clker.com/ - This is a royalty free clipart site (Colette) 7-13-12
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Professional Literature:
ERIC Tutorials
Brief, animated tutorials for how to search ERIC, use My ERIC, and get answers to our most frequently asked questions. This is a good source of professional, full-text articles. (Berta) 7-11-12
Class Blogs:
Create a Class BlogGreat site with information about creating class blogs.(Barb) 7/11/12
Challenge Yourself to a Blog This could a great tool to use with MS or HS students.It is made up of a series of 10 weekly tasks all designed to improve blogging and commenting skills while connecting students with a global audience.(Barb) 7/11/12
http://kidblog.org/home.php Great Classroom-wide blog site. Protected from outside communication so it is safe and FREE! (Skyler ) 7/11/12
Technology News:
http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_tech.rss This is an RSS feed about news in technology. It's pretty cool and updates all day long so that you have the latest in technology news. (Wendy) 7-11-12
Other Cybraries:
http://www.edzone.net/~mwestern/stuff.html Another teachers technology cybrary of things to try. (Crystal) 7-11-12
Cybraryman - List of Educational Resources technology pages (Stephanie) 7-12-12
Technology Tools:
whiteboard using wii remote This is a you tube video that shows how to use a white board and making it interative by using a wii remote and pen so students can interact on the whiteboard. It's low cost and simple. Way cheaper than buying a smartboard. (Ashley) 7-11-12
Fablevisionlearning is a site with resources for creative projects with kids. There isn't much there for free, but the people at FableVision have put together webinars and other literature about creativity and learning. (Diane) 7-11-12
Differentiated Instruction:
Dare to Differentiate Wiki This wiki offers all types of resources including technology tools and strategies for differentiating instruction. (Stephanie) 7-11-12
Classroom Posters -
Posters and other stuff This is a great way to creative awesome posters, magazine covers, etc., with your photos -(Becky)7/12/12
I'm going to check out how to obtain this poster that's on the wall in our Bennington classroom - have any of you noticed the gray what if.....we had all the required elements for next-generation education? It looks like the periodic table. I've just been fascinated by it this week. A few elements listed are community buy-in, forward-thinking infrastructure, diverse talents and perseverance. (Berta) 7/12/12
Library Info:
Montpelier High SchoolSusan Monmaney's Library page, she had a library Pinterest Page! (Barb 7/12/12)